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Explosive devices defused at Cairo Airport

Explosives experts defused two bombs at Cairo Airport on Tuesday, airport security director Alaa Ali told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The explosives were planted under cars in the parking lot adjacent to terminal 3 of the airport on the eastern … read more

UPDATE: Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste out of prison

Al Jazeera English journalist Peter Greste was released Sunday morning upon a presidential decree, MENA state news agency confirmed. Families of journalists involved in the Al Jazeera trial, had said earlier that Australian journalist Peter Greste left prison early Sunday … read more

Sisi to meet party leaders

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet on Sunday with several heads of political parties to tackle security developments in Sinai. Mohamed Esmat al-Sadat, president of Development and Reform Party, said he received an invitation from the presidency to take part … read more

Jihadists increasingly wary of Internet, experts say

AFP After having used the Internet profusely for propaganda and recruitment, jihadist organisations have realised that investigators are gleaning crucial information online and are increasingly concealing their web presence, experts say. Apart from recent orders given to fighters to limit … read more

Thousands mourn soldiers killed in Sinai attacks

Thousands of mourners attended the funerals of a number of Egyptian soldiers who were killed in coordinated militant attacks in Sinai on Thursday. Egyptian television stations showed thousands of people marching in funeral processions in the Nile Delta governorates of … read more